Mary Augusta Ward (1851 - 1920)

Short name Mary Augusta Ward
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First name Mary Augusta
Birth name Ward
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Alternative name Mary Arnold , Mrs Humphry Ward
Date of birth 1851
Date of death 1920
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Sex Female
Place of birth Australia
Place of death England
Lived in England
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Education School education
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Mary Augusta Ward was ...
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Memberships Women's National Anti-Suffrage League
Place(s) of Residence England
Receptions of Mary Augusta Ward, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
Title Author Date Type
in *art.: Boekbeoordelingen Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1891 mentions person
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Anton Gerard van Hamel 1895 mentions person
Mrs. Humphry Ward [by G. Bonnet-Maury] ~~journalist (name below) 1895 comments on person
Vier Engelse Romanciers Frederike J. van Uildriks 1896 comments on person
*Lemma in Mannen en vrouwen van beteekenis in onze dagen ~~author (name unknown) 1896 comments on person
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1898 mentions person
* Mention of Mrs Humphry Ward in "Critical Studies" Maria Louise de La Ramée 1900 mentions person
De beide Mrs Ward's Two Mrs Wards Maria Elisabeth Hyacinthe Belpaire 1912 comments on person
Mrs. Humphry Ward. En litterær studie [by L. Aas] ~~journalist (name below) 1924 comments on person
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Very much appreciated by the end of the 19th century in The Netherlands for her books on religious issues. geloofsproblematiek. Often compared to George Eliot. (Jacqueline Bel, 1993, p. 146) Campaigner against women's voting. Founding president of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League. -- Seems to have sent in a nomination to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to George Meredith (1828-1909) in 1902. Nominations could only be made by a qualified, invited group of people (e.g. members of academies, university professors, presidents of representative author societies). Ward was selected for being a "Member of the Council of the Incorporated Society of Authors" [see link] - KLK 1904 KLK 1915